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Metrics

The Metrics Prefixes Chart

Re-create the metric units prefixes chart in the space below. Try to do so from memory before going back to the other handout.














How Many Blank in a Blank?

Figure out how many of the first unit there are in the second unit then write a unit equality. Also, identify the type of unit by writing length, mass or volume next to each answer.

  1. How many m in a km?
  2. How many ng in a mg?
  3. How many μL in a L?
  4. How many mm in a m?
  1. How many pm in a μm?
  2. How many fL in a pL?
  3. How many mL in a ML?
  4. How many Mg in a Gg?

More How Many Blank in a Blank?
  1. How many of each of the following are there in 1 km?
    1 km = __________ m
    1 km = __________ cm
    1 km = __________ mm
    1 km = __________ μm
    1 km = __________ nm
  2. How many of each of the following are there in 1 g?
    1 g = __________ mg
    1 g = __________ μg
    1 g = __________ ng
    1 g = __________ pg
    1 g = __________ fg
  1. How many of each of the following are there in 1 kL?
    1 kL = __________ L
    1 kL = __________ mL
    1 kL = __________ μL
    1 kL = __________ nL
    1 kL = __________ pL
  2. How many of each of the following are there in 1 mg?
    1 mg = __________ kg *
    1 mg = __________ g *
    1 mg = __________ μg
    1 mg = __________ ng
    1 mg = __________ pg


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Same Quantity, Many Units
Convert each quantity into the units shown. Try to figure out the answer in your head by just moving the decimal point or changing the exponent. Check at least your first few answers by doing a proper unit factor calculation.
  1. 1.7 m convert to cm and mm
  2. 5.68 μm convert to cm and mm
  3. 4.35 × 102 mL convert to L and μL
  4. 32.9 × 102 μg to mg and ng
  1. 58.3 g to kg and mg
  2. 6.5 × 103 ng to μg and pg
  3. 5.68 × 107 kL to ML and GL
  4. 9.45 × 106 mg to kg and g
More Same Quantity, Many Units
  1. Convert 8.31 km to the following units:
    8.31 km = __________ m
    8.31 km = __________ cm
    8.31 km = __________ mm
    8.31 km = __________ μm
    8.31 km = __________ nm
  2. Convert 25.4 g to the following units:
    25.4 g = __________ kg
    25.4 g = __________ mg
    25.4 g = __________ μg
    25.4 g = __________ ng
    25.4 g = __________ pg
  1. Convert 5.78 kL to the following units:
    5.78 kL = __________ L
    5.78 kL = __________ mL
    5.78 kL = __________ μL
    5.78 kL = __________ nL
    5.78 kL = __________ pL
  2. Convert 342 mg to the following units::
    342 mg = __________ kg
    342 mg = __________ g
    342 mg = __________ μg
    342 mg = __________ ng
    342 mg = __________ pg
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